- Strengths-based
- Practical steps
- Respectful listening
About Yana
Yana Gaykov is a New York licensed clinical social worker with 20 years of professional practice. She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, or relationship challenges. Yana emphasizes each person's strengths and treats clients as the experts in their own story. She frames therapy as a collaborative process and offers steady support through change.
Her work often addresses parenting and relationship concerns alongside issues like grief, trauma, and addiction. She also helps people dealing with sleep or eating difficulties, anger, self-esteem struggles, and career-related stress. Additional areas of focus include ADHD, bipolar concerns, compassion fatigue, and LGBT-related matters, plus adoption and foster care issues.
Yana draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques and adapts them to the needs of each person. She listens for practical patterns that get in the way and helps build small, usable changes. Sessions concentrate on what matters most now, whether that is coping skills, clearer communication, or healthier routines.
Clients can expect a calm, straightforward approach. Yana encourages realistic goals and steady progress rather than quick fixes. She supports people through life transitions, caregiving strain, chronic illness challenges, and cultural or identity concerns.
Her practice is grounded in two decades of experience in New York. People who want direct feedback, clear steps, and respect for their own expertise tend to respond well to her style.
Approaches that guide online work and practical benefits
Yana uses evidence-based techniques to help people build skills and make small, steady changes. One common approach focuses on identifying unhelpful patterns in thinking and behavior, then practicing new responses to reduce anxiety and depression symptoms and improve daily routines. Another central approach emphasizes strengths and problem-solving, helping people break larger issues into manageable steps for parenting, caregiving, or relationship challenges.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan over time based on what helps most.
If you are considering online sessions, confirm the available session formats before booking since the biography does not list them. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - it can reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins during a workday break, or remove the need to be on camera for every session. Licensed professionals can use these advantages to focus on practical skills, communication practice, and coping strategies that translate back into daily life.
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Experience
20+ years
Credentials
New York
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and parenting concerns, plus grief, trauma, addiction, and many day-to-day struggles like sleep, eating, and self-esteem.
What is her therapy style?
Her approach is straightforward and collaborative. She focuses on strengths, practical steps, and building routines that make life easier.
How much experience does she have?
She has 20 years of professional work experience in mental health practice.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, licensed in New York and practices from that location.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Which session formats are available?
Session formats are not specified in the biography; please confirm current options with the provider before booking.
How does cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.